| The Night Hank Williams Came to Town | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Cash |
| Album: | Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town |
| B-Side: | "I'd Rather Have You" |
| Released: | [1] |
| Studio: | Cowboy Arms (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Mercury 888 459-7 |
| Producer: | Jack Clement |
| Prev Title: | I'm Leaving Now |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Sixteen Tons |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" is a song written by Bobby Braddock and Charlie Williams and originally recorded by Johnny Cash for his Jack Clement–produced 1987 album Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town.
The recording featured a guest appearance by Waylon Jennings.[2] the song reached number 43 on U.S. Billboard country chart for the week of May 9.[5] [6]
The song talks about Hank Williams giving a concert on October 15, 1951 (known from the lyrics "I Love Lucy debuted on TV"). In the words of C. Eric Banister (Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black), Cash and Jennings sing "of the excitement that accompanied an appearance by Williams" and of "the memories they'll always have of him."[7]
Released in March 1987 as the from the album,[2]